blind to the ties
When we think about giving our all to God, we may think He is going to shackle us with a burden too heavy to bear, but what He does is actually cut the shackles off our wrists we didn’t know were there. He removes what binds us and frees us from the prison we’ve unintentionally created for ourselves. His ways are pure and free. We cannot fathom how He does right when we are so accustomed to doing wrong and being wronged. When He cuts away those ties, we are free to live and love without sin, without our own selfish preferences keeping us from experiencing a full life. Our own desires always get in the way and drag us away from the good things He has for us. We must stop wanting things, but begin to want the One who made all things. May our desire be Him alone, because He has our best ...